We recently learned about a fun app and website, The Alpha Groom, that will help all you guys with the wedding process! The Alpha Groom offers tips and advice for men as they go through the steps of the wedding, bachelor party, and honeymoon. This app will get you from “Will you marry me?” to “I do” in one incredibly smooth piece! Check out their ideas on fun and different bachelor parties below!

Over Las Vegas? Try These Alternative Bachelor Party Destinations.

So you’re planning your best bud’s bachelor party, but you’d like to avoid the clichéd Las Vegas trip? Since Vegas has been done to death, we’d like to suggest a few underrated destinations where you can party your face off with a little more style:

1. Big City Party

NYC/Chicago

Although both of these cities can hardly be called underrated in a general sense, they usually aren’t considered go-to bachelor party destinations. But why not? Both of these cities literally have everything. Chicago offers hours of day-drinking fun with an amazing selection of brewery tours followed by a ballgame at the jewel in America’s crown known as Wrigley Field, and New York offers all-night parties at some of the world’s most legendary nightlife destinations. Both cities are foodie havens, featuring some of the best cuisine on the planet. Whether you’re looking for a high-end guy’s vacation, or a weekend of bar-crawling debauchery, Chicago and NYC offer both, and in a much cooler setting.

2. Rugged Man Stuff

Utah/Wyoming

If you’ve ever felt like a cowboy trapped in a city-slicker’s body, the dude ranch bachelor party is for you. The beautiful wide-open countryside of Wyoming is peppered with authentic farmsteads like Jackson Hole’s Goosewing Ranch, which offers horseback riding, fly fishing, shooting, river rafting and a whole slate of dust-covered fun for you and your crew. Plus, when it’s time to kick off your spurs and relax, you can do so in style in tastefully rustic lodgings complete with a bar, pool, hot tub, sauna and an available masseuse. But if tumbleweeds and tobacco-juice aren’t quite your thing, a winter-time outdoor extravaganza at Park City Utah really can’t be beat. Offering some of the best skiing in the country, Park City is your perfect mountain man escape, and it’s totally up to you how rugged you want to get, from camping options to cabins to full-on spa resorts, Park City’s got you covered.

3. Music Fest

Austin, TX

Summer is right around the corner, which means festival season is on its way. What better way to spend a bachelor weekend than with days of endless music, food, parties, concerts, food, parties and after-parties at Austin’s legendary South By Southwest festival? A major plus side of a festival bachelor party is that it eliminates the pressure of having to scramble for activities to fill your schedule because everything is planned out for you! Not just for vinyl-collecting hipsters, SXSW has a little something for everyone with a film festival and world famous interactive tech fest. However, if SXSW doesn’t fit your schedule, or you can’t get tickets in time, Austin is still an amazing place to host a party weekend any time of year. Festival or no, with more venues per capita than any other city, Austin truly is the Live Music Capital of the World, and with a ton of amazing bars, clubs and restaurants to choose from, the party scene of Austin’s lively 6th street won’t let you and your buddies down.

4. Road Trip

The journey IS the destination, maaannn!

If you’re the adventurous type, but scorpions in your sleeping bag aren’t your idea of a good time, the road trip bachelor party might be the option for you. Relatively cheap and always full of surprises, a multi-day drive through this big beautiful country of ours is an awesome way to show your best dude a good time before he disappears into his new life of domestic bliss. Hotels, roadside attractions (look at that giant ball of twine!), truck-stop beef jerky, what’s not to love? Plus every night means a new city, new people and a new party.

A few tips: plan your route carefully, you’ll want at least a few days on the road to make it worth your while, and you should pick an especially cool final destination (New Orleans?), somewhere you can really let loose. Also, rent a van/minibus/something large enough so you and your friends can stretch out during the longer rides, this also gives you the freedom to fly back home, ending the trip on a high note after the big final blowout.

Their very first Halloween together, this couple dressed up in full size penguin costumes. When he was ready to propose, he wanted to keep the penguin theme alive, so what better way to pop the question than using a real live penguin! We love how thoughtful and sweet this proposal was!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLyT2WxZOGc

Animals seem to be popping up more and more in marriage proposals…

whether you’re a dog or cat person!

It’s so special to propose in a way that is unique to your relationship! Call us today, and we can help figure out some amazing details for your proposal, whether that includes a puppy, zoo animal, or not!

Whether you are racking your brain for sneaky ways to figure out her ring size, or have no idea on where to start with engagement ring size or shape, there is an app for that! Unlike the ring you will be purchasing for your fiancé, the Tiffany’s Engagement Ring Finder App is absolutely free!

We love the idea of surprising your fiancé with a ring, but it’s it might be smart to get some input from her before you make the big decision! Have some fun with your girl “trying on” different styles and sizes. You can put the rings together with wedding bands, looking forward to that exciting future! Once you have an idea of her style, then you can ultimately take care of it yourself!

The app even allows you to take a picture of her left hand, then have some fun trying on different rings and settings! She will LOVE it!

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And for the ultimate trick, borrow one of her rings that would fit her ring finger, and use the app to determine the size you will need by simply placing the ring against your iPhone and matching the size! No more stealing one of her rings, or making educated guesses…How useful is that!

Have some fun with the app and then call us to help set up an unforgettable proposal!